| This activity will show the effect of distractions on your ability to pay attention and focus. Challenge participants to remember two sets of words before and after distractions are introduced. This is a quick and easy activity that requires minimal materials. |
Items Needed
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- Download the Recall the Road Memory Challenge Worksheet or create your own lists of 15 random words (you will need 2 unique lists).
- Pen and paper for each student participating
- Timer (with audible alert, if possible)
- Some sort of distraction (music, noisemaker, or a volunteer to talk while second list of words is being read)
- Distraction focused tattoos/stickers and wrist bands found in in your resource kit to reward participants.
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Steps
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- Explain to participants that they will need to listen closely to the words you recite and try to remember as many of them as they can.
- Recite the first list of 15 words to students without distractions.
- Set the timer and give students 30 seconds to write down as many of the words as they can remember.
- Inform students you are going to read a second list of words and they again need to try to remember as many of them as they can.
- Recite the second list of 15 words to students WITH distractions. This can be music playing, someone sounding a noisemaker, or other students talking in the background.
- Set the timer and give students 30 seconds to write down as many of the words as they can remember.
- Read back both lists to students to see how many words they were able to recall from each list.
- Now, discuss with the students using the prompt questions from the Recall the Road Memory Challenge Worksheet.
- Take photos during the activity and share, along with information on distracted driving, on your school’s social media channels and/or website.
- Complete an activity form to get All-Star credit.
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Don’t Forget
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| The purpose of this activity is to see the affect distractions have on you while doing even simple tasks and to encourage you, your peers, and adults in your life to commit to not driving distracted and to speak up when you see it happening. |
Make it GREAT
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- Host this activity for other campus organizations and teams as a way to talk about traffic safety around campus.
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